An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

During the summer months, giant teddy bears take over Paris near Les Gobelins metro station.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.